§ Mr. Hancock:To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what (a) applications have been made and (b) assistance has been granted for (i) Regional Selective Assistance and (ii) other Government grants by Swan Hunter in respect of its operations on Tyneside and Teesside since 1 January 2000. [143308]
§ Jacqui Smith:The information requested is as follows.
(i) For reasons of commercial confidentiality under Exemption 13—Third Party Commercial Confidences of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. I cannot comment on whether or not individual Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) applications have been made.
Details of approved RSA projects over £75,000 (name of business, offer amount, Travel to Work Area and Standard Industrial Classification description) are published quarterly in Labour Market Trends following the first payment of grant.
(ii) No other applications from or grants to Swan Hunter to assist its operations at Tyneside and Teesside since 1 January 2000 have been identified from available records.
§ Mr. Hancock:To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what applications have been made for (a) Regional Selective Assistance, (b) other Government grants and (c) European funding in respect of Swan Hunter's Port Clarence facilities. [143309]
§ Jacqui Smith:The information requested is as follows.
(a) For reasons of commercial confidentiality under Exemption 13—Third Party's Commercial Confidences of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. I cannot comment on whether or not individual Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) applications have been made.
Details of approved RSA projects over £75,000 (name of business, offer amount, Travel to Work Area and Standard Industrial Classification description) are published quarterly in Labour Market Trends following the first payment of grant
(b) and (c) No other applications from or grants to Swan Hunter to assist its operations at Teesside have been identified from available records.